Gravity Probe B

Testing Einstein's Universe

Special & General Relativity Questions and Answers

Can you exceed the speed of light by manipulating space-time in some way?

Other than in science fiction there is absolutely no known way to
exceed
the speed of light and to transmit matter or information in that manner
.
Using terms like 'space-time' and 'worm holes' does not provide any
proof
that such things are possible. We need hard evidence that nature
permits
such things to happen, and this evidence is completely lacking.
Physicists
have been accelerating electrons to within a millimeter/sec
of the speed of
light for decades and have never seen any departure from
what is strictly
permitted by special relativity. There is no 'gap' or
'quirk' that has ever
been experimentally discovered that shows light-weight
electrons can
surmount the speed of light.